Video News 6-23
With every thing from pirates to flying dogs, here is whats coming out on DVD
Arts & Entertainment
Book Reveiw 6-22
Rooms Of The Heart
By Donna Hill
ISBN: 1-58571-219-1
Publisher: Genesis Press
Available: Bookstores everywhere
Blackflix Movie News Presents: This Cristmas
Studio: Screen Gems
Plot: Gathering to celebrate Christmas together for the first time in four years, the Whitfield clan uses the opportunity to finally share their true feelings about one another.
Cast: Loretta Devine, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Regina King, Sharon Leal, Idris Elba, Chris Brown, Lauren London, Columbus Short and Laz Alonso
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: **1/2
The New Citizens Press Q & A: Soulja Boy Tell’em
17-year-old DeAndre Way – AKA Soulja Boy Tell’em – utilized internet marketing to make his production and raps a must-have by music consumers. With tens-of-millions of people visiting his website and Myspace page, his single “Crack That” became a #1 hit, and one of the most popular singles of 2007. Signed to Collipark Music/Interscope Records, Soulja Boy Tell’em’s career, like his website, could remain popular for years to come.
Blackflix Movie News Presents: American Gangster
Studio: Universal Pictures
Plot: A detective tries to bring down the drug empire of a heroin kingpin smuggling drugs into the country in the coffins of soldiers returning from the Vietnam War.
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Cuba Gooding Jr., Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba, Ruby Dee, Clarence Williams III.
Rating: R
Bottom Line: ***
Book Reveiw 6-21
The Rainbow
By Pearl S. Buck
ISBN: 671-80319-0
Publisher: Pocket Books
Available: Bookstores everywhere and Pearl S. Buck House
Blackflix.com Movie News Presents: Why Did I Get Married?
Studio: Lionsgate
Plot: Four couples on vacation struggle with issues of commitment, betrayal and redemption.
Cast: Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Tasha Smith, Jill Scott, Malik Yoba, Michael J. White and Sharon Leal
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: ****
Book Reveiw 6-20
Never Again
By Flora Nwapa
ISBN: 0-86543-319-4
Publisher: Africa World Press
Available: Bookstores everywhere and Africa World Press
Jazz Reveiw 6-20
In my humble opinion, "R n R", released by Rick Braun and Richard Elliot on August 28, 2007, on the Artizen Records label, is the best smooth jazz CD of the year.
Book Reveiw 6-19
Now Is The Time To Open Your Heart
By Alice Walker
ISBN: 0-965-90060-6
Publisher: Random House
Available: Bookstores everywhere